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| [1]God of vengeance -- Jehovah! God of vengeance, shine forth. |
[1]O Lord God the avenger, O God the avenger, show thyself clearly. |
| [2]Be lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Send back a recompence on the proud. |
[2]Exalt thyself, O judge of the world, and render a reward to the proud. |
| [3]Till when [do] the wicked, O Jehovah? Till when do the wicked exult? |
[3]Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? |
| [4]They utter -- they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves. |
[4]They prate and speak fiercely: all the workers of iniquity vaunt themselves. |
| [5]Thy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict. |
[5]They smite down thy people, O Lord, and trouble thine heritage. |
| [6]Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder. |
[6]They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. |
| [7]And they say, `Jehovah doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider.' |
[7]Yet they say, The Lord shall not see: neither will the God of Jacob regard it. |
| [8]Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely? |
[8]Understand ye unwise among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise? |
| [9]He who planteth the ear doth He not hear? He who formeth the eye doth He not see? |
[9]He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? Or he that formed the eye, shall he not see? |
| [10]He who is instructing nations, Doth He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] Jehovah. |
[10]Or he that chastiseth the nations, shall he not correct? He that teacheth man knowledge, shall he not know? |
| [11]He knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity. |
[11]The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. |
| [12]O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him, |
[12]Blessed is the man, whom thou chastisest, O Lord, and teachest him in thy Law, |
| [13]To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked. |
[13]That thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, whiles the pit is digged for the wicked. |
| [14]For Jehovah leaveth not His people, And His inheritance forsaketh not. |
[14]Surely the Lord will not fail his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. |
| [15]For to righteousness judgment turneth back, And after it all the upright of heart, |
[15]For judgment shall return to justice, and all the upright in heart shall follow after it. |
| [16]Who riseth up for me with evil doers? Who stationeth himself for me with workers of iniquity? |
[16]Who will rise up with me against the wicked? Or who will take my part against the workers of iniquity? |
| [17]Unless Jehovah [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence. |
[17]If the Lord had not holpen me, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. |
| [18]If I have said, `My foot hath slipped,' Thy kindness, O Jehovah, supporteth me. |
[18]When I said, My foot slideth, thy mercy, O Lord, stayed me. |
| [19]In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul. |
[19]In the multitude of my thoughts in mine heart, thy comforts have rejoiced my soul. |
| [20]Is a throne of mischief joined [with] Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute? |
[20]Hath the throne of iniquity fellowship with thee, which forgeth wrong for a law? |
| [21]They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked. |
[21]They gather them together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. |
| [22]And Jehovah is for a high place to me, And my God [is] for a rock -- my refuge, |
[22]But the Lord is my refuge, and my God is the rock of mine hope. |
| [23]And turneth back on them their iniquity, And in their wickedness cutteth them off; Jehovah our God doth cut them off! |
[23]And he will recompense them their wickedness, and destroy them in their own malice: yea, the Lord our God shall destroy them. |